CVE-2014-1578

high
Published 2014-10-15 ยท Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
7.5

Description

The get_tile function in Mozilla Firefox before 33.0, Firefox ESR 31.x before 31.2, and Thunderbird 31.x before 31.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via WebM frames with invalid tile sizes that are improperly handled in buffering operations during video playback.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

debian Debian Fixed 5 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
trixie Fixed 1.3.0-3
sid Fixed 1.3.0-3
forky Fixed 1.3.0-3
bullseye Fixed 1.3.0-3
bookworm Fixed 1.3.0-3

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
mozilla mozillafirefox31.0
mozilla mozillafirefox31.1.0
mozilla mozillafirefox{"endIncluding":"32.0"}
mozilla mozillafirefox30.0
mozilla mozillathunderbird31.0
mozilla mozillathunderbird31.1.0

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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